THE PRIESTS OF LAMPUN AT THE BASE OF THEIR CITY'S CHIEF
VOTIVE SPIRE (SEE TEXT, PAGE 245)
Wat Luang, which rises to a height of 80 feet, has an outer casing
of brass. It is surrounded by a brass railing, at the corners of which
are small temples with stone figures, before each of which stands a huge
gilt umbrella.
SI LEAM, THE ORNATE FOUR-CORNERED
PAGODA,
ONE
OF
CHIENG
MAI'SFOUR-SCORE
TEMPLES
When the remaining 42 miles
ofthe
Bangkok-Chiengmai
Railway
are
completed and a regular service
isestablished,
Chiengmai
will
bethe
center of the development of
the
rich
Meh
Ping
Valley,
whose
forests
abound in teak (see text, page
2-9).